Takahe through 0.11.0 fails to restrict URL schemes in link hrefs within federated post content and profile summaries, allowing remote actors to inject javascript: links. Attackers can deliver federated content with malicious javascript: hrefs that execute in the instance origin when clicked, enabling session hijacking or impersonation of viewers.
CVE-2026-91146
Score 6.1 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-09-15. the CNA's CVSS baseline 6.1; sources differ by 0.0.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 6.1
- EG Score
- 6.1(high)
- EG Risk
- 28(Track)EG Risk 28/100SSVC: Track
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How it’s computedSeverity61% × 45%Exploitation0% × 40%Automatability0% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 0%
- EPSS %ILE
- 24%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
September 14, 2026
Last Modified
September 24, 2026
Advisory Details (4)
Auto-updated Sep 14, 2026Takahe through 0.11.0 Cross-Site Scripting via javascript: URL Scheme | Advisories | VulnCheck
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/takahe-through-0.11.0-cross-site-scripting-via-javascript-url-schemetakahe/core/html.py at 0.11.0 · jointakahe/takahe · GitHub
https://github.com/jointakahe/takahe/blob/0.11.0/core/html.pyGitHub - jointakahe/takahe: An ActivityPub/Fediverse server · GitHub
https://github.com/jointakahe/takaheStored XSS via javascript: URI in post content and profile summary HTML sanitizer · Issue #728 · jointakahe/takahe · GitHub
https://github.com/jointakahe/takahe/issues/728Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-91146(1)
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Weakness Classification(1)
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Data Freshness Timeline
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Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
- 2026-09-24 14:53 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-24 14:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-24 14:04 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-23 17:54 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-23 17:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-22 19:00 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-22 19:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-22 16:01 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-21 21:09 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-21 18:53 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-21 18:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-20 20:16 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-20 18:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-19 18:40 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-19 18:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-18 18:33 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-18 18:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-18 17:29 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-18 17:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-17 23:50 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-17 23:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-17 19:32 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-16 22:34 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-16 22:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
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- 2026-09-16 14:09 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-16 05:15 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-15 22:27 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-15 22:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-14 22:19 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-14 21:54 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-14 21:54 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked
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